January 2018 – The Global Partnership for Education Secretariat approved the following grant:

US$71,165 for South Sudan to finance activities in support of the program design of the education sector program implementation grant application

Description: The program development grant will support a program that will directly contribute to achieving the education sector plan’s goals in South Sudan. Specific activities include conducting a literature review, organizing an evidence building workshop, consultations to fine tune program activities as well as the development of a results and a monitoring and evaluation framework.

The program will be implemented through the collaboration between UNICEF, a key partner of the Global Partnership for Education, as grant agent and the Government of South Sudan.

USAID/DFID have been nominated by the local education group to serve as coordinating agencies in South Sudan.